India Inc Breaks Divide,Opens up to Dalit Suppliers

An intimidating wall,separating the sprawling Tata Motors plant and the spartan workshop of Abhijeet Surface Coatings,at F II block,Pimpri Industrial Estate,Pune,has stood tall and strong for many years.Gokul Gaikwad,the dalit founder of Abhijeet Surface Coatings,could hear the deep rumblings of industrial activity behind the wall everyday,but never managed to scale it and do business with the auto major.The wall cracked last weekend.Gaikwad didnt cross it;Tata Motors did.Several vendor development officers from Tata Motors spent time with Gaikwad at his stall at the Mumbai trade fair organised by the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) the last weekend.

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